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Krill fisheries
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) may be taken in the Southern Ocean in Subareas 48.1 to 48.4 ... , Subarea 48.6 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2. Fishing vessels operate midwater trawls and beam trawls in ... alongside the vessels. The fisheries in Subareas 48.1 to 48.4, and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are ... established fisheries, and the fishery in Subarea 48.6 is an exploratory fishery. However, fishing is ...
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Data collection and sharing
expanded so as to meet anticipated needs. The increase in fishing activities that is expected during the ... tasks need to be considered in the light of the resources allocated to them by the Commission. SC (2008 ... Reports. Scientific Committee – In progress – staged implementation of the recommendations of the 2011 ... mechanisms for capacity building and cooperative programs, particularly for Developing States, in order to ...
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Chapter 3: Role of CCAMLR within the Antarctic Treaty System
debris and there is a proposal for a second joint SC-CAMLR–CEP workshop on climate change in 2023 ... Antarctic Treaty, including relevant measures and regulations established or recommended by the ATCM. In ... consider in relation to: (i) relevant measures or regulations established or recommended by the ATCM; and ... Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. (2020, 2021) The CCAMLR Chair and Executive Secretary attended ATCM in 2020 ...
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Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
in relation to entry and exit from the Convention Area and movement between subareas and divisions ... Documentation Scheme (CDS). All vessels authorised by Members to fish in the Convention Area are required to ... vessels also report VMS data directly to the CCAMLR Secretariat in near real-time. VMS data collection ... VMS data. For vessels operating in new and exploratory fisheries in the Convention Area, VMS data must ...
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Becoming a Member
Convention and are:...engaged in research or harvesting activities in relation to the marine living resources ... to which the Convention applies The Contracting Party must then notify the Depositary in the form of ... and its willingness to accept conservation measures in force. Membership inquiries may be addressed to ...
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CAMLR Convention
increases in krill catches in the Southern Ocean could be detrimental for Antarctic marine ecosystems ... of State sovereignty is recognised by all Contracting Parties. In addition to its focus on ... a focus on the Commission, and Scientific Committee considerations in relation to international ... explicit guidance on the relationship between the CAMLR Convention and the Antarctic Treaty. In addition to ...
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Port State measures
duties of its Members and Contracting Parties as Port States, as reflected in the Code of Conduct for ... inspection reporting would also provide a further means of verification of the CDS in an enhanced catch ... fishing vessel suspected of carrying toothfish, or of having being engaged in fishing of that species in ... ‘fishing vessel’, and the most comprehensive statement of what constitutes ‘fishing’ is that found in ...
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Status of the Convention
accession. Members include those Contracting Parties that participated in the first meeting at which the ... Convention was adopted in 1980, as well as States that have subsequently acceded to the Convention and been ... accepted as Members by the Commission. The Convention is open for accession by any State interested in ... research or harvesting activities to which the Convention applies. Acceding States do not take part in the ...
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Status of living resources
, paragraph 9.20; (2016) SC-CAMLR-XXXV, paragraph 3.160; (2016) WG-FSA-16/02. Scientific Committee – In ... established, the monitoring requirements for each stage in development, assessment methods for each stage in ... development, and expected management measures for each stage in development. Changes should be made to the ... Committee: In progress – review and development of methods for data-poor exploratory fisheries, WG-SAM-12 ...
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Commission
Convention’s objectives and principles set out in Article II. The Commission includes a Scientific Committee ... and conveners is published on the Who's who in CCAMLR page. The Commission Rules of Procedure of ... the management of each fishery in the Convention Area. Such decisions may include, but not be limited ... a Party to participate in, and vote on, decisions of the Commission. Decision-making is based on ...
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